Zadar

Tuesday 28June

We had a good walk through Zadar and the old town was stunning. The Roman ruins were so accessible and there was a Roman column plonked in the middle of an intersection, still standing that survived   two world wars and the recent conflicts  on the Dalmatian coast, incredible.

At the end of the old town  promenade there is an art installation in the sea , a sea organ,  depending in the wind and the waves you can hear the sea making music.  The same artist also created a sun monument with discs  of solar-powered cells that becomes a multicoloured disco ball as the sun sets, we missed this as we had had enough of the tourist shuffle in the heat and went back to Bebinje for a cooling swim.

All around you as you walk the little lanes you stumble across artwork on the sides of buildings and if you are not careful you could get neck ache from looking up, or walk into another tourist doing  just as you are.

The cathedral is 12th century, the Roman forum  shows inscriptions from the third century and you can just wander around, sit and picnic or walk your pooch and let them pee on  historic treasures as we saw several times.

Sculpture of the day was tucked away in a side street all alone, but staunch and impressive.